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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Great Railroad Race The Great Railroad Race Kristiana Gregory As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the West in 1868. OL121798W
The Day I Killed James The Day I Killed James Catherine Ryan Hyde IT WASN'T SUPPOSED to end up like this. But it did.When Theresa brings James to a party as her date, it's just for the night . . . and he knows that. But when everything goes horribly wrong, James dr… OL14927673W
Are these my basoomas I see before me? Are these my basoomas I see before me? Louise Rennison A bit early to get swoony knickers but I have got them on.For Georgia, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Just when she thought she was the official one-and-only girlfriend of Masim… OL14952668W
Acceleration Acceleration Graham McNamee It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the … OL14958026W
Red, white, and true blue Mallory Red, white, and true blue Mallory Laurie B. Friedman Mallory's journal of her fourth-grade trip to Washington D.C. reveals how much fun she has, despite a loose tooth, being upset with her best friend, Mary Ann, and getting separated from her class in … OL15053589W
Dear America Dear America Murphy, Jim The first humorous book in the Dear America series follows an Italian girl's immigrant family as they move from New York City to a utopian community in the frontier West. While traveling in 1883 w… OL15054265W
Diary of a teenage girl Diary of a teenage girl Melody Carlson Sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner keeps a six-month diary in which she records the day-to-day events of her life as well as her struggles to understand herself and God's plan for her future. OL15109761W
When freedom comes When freedom comes Kristiana Gregory In her diary, eleven-year-old Hope writes about her life in 1778 Philadelphia as British Redcoats take over her family's house, her father fights with the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and she ga… OL15213438W
A Gathering of Days A Gathering of Days Joan W. Blos The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend. OL1869479W
Richie and the Fritzes Richie and the Fritzes Marjorie Weinman Sharmat When Richie tries to get Annie's attention by replacing her lost dog, Fritz, with a look-alike, he gets more trouble than he bargained for. OL463214W
Brothers far from home Brothers far from home Jean Little In 1916, in Uxbridge, Ontario, twelve-year-old Eliza, a Presbyterian minister's daughter, chronicles her family's experiences after her two brothers leave for Europe to fight in the war. OL470668W
Castle Diary Castle Diary Richard Platt,Chris Riddell What was it really like to live in a castle? Step back to the Middle Ages with *Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess*. Eleven-year-old Toby’s vivid diary entries offer an insider’s view of … OL4793714W
My unwilling witch goes to ballet school My unwilling witch goes to ballet school Hiawyn Oram Rumblewick, a Highly Qualified Witch's Cat, records in his diary all the problems he has when his reluctant young witch decides she would rather go to ballet school on the Other Side than engage in p… OL483046W
Perfect Princess Perfect Princess Meg Cabot Sleeping Beauty, Victoria, Cleopatra, Snow White, Elizabeth, Pocahontas, Mia Thermopolis: ALL PRINCESSES Do YOU have what it takes to be a princess? PRINCESS MIA will help you find out. Best-se… OL492747W
My America My America Patricia Hermes Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home. OL506283W
A Perfect Place A Perfect Place Patricia Hermes Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get s… OL506323W
Love, Stargirl (Stargirl #2) Love, Stargirl (Stargirl #2) Jerry Spinelli LOVE, STARGIRL picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. The novel takes the form of "the world's longes… OL77095W
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win t… OL92967W
The puppet master The puppet master Charlie Small A continuation of the purported journal of a young adventurer, who becomes a marionette under the control of an evil Puppet Master while trying to reach home in time for tea. OL9334442W